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8 Things Every Home School Mom and/or Writing
Teacher is looking for in a Writing Curriculum:

1) Ease of Use - (Minimal teacher preparation and
easy, step-by-step directions for the teacher and student.)

2) Activities that spark interest in reluctant and
inexperienced writers.

3) Thoroughness in teaching how to write every genre
and not just one such as only descriptive paragraphs or essays.

4) Specific grading criteria or checklists for
grading each piece of writing.

5) Assignments that don't take hours each day or week
to complete.

6) Testimonials from parents and students that the
curriculum really does work.

7) Affordability

8) Use for all grade levels in a household.

These 8 characteristic are all found in
Write with the Best, our inexpensive two volume program that can be
used by all of the members of your family. Each volume can actually be
used as a stand-alone volume, although we generally suggest that you use
Volume 1 first. The exception to this method would be that you have an
older, gifted writer who is skilled in all the ways of descriptive
writing in many genres. Volume 1 will teach your children how to
beautifully master descriptive writing skills in nine genres and is for
students from third to twelfth grades. It sells for $24.95.
Read more about or order Write with
the Best
– Volume 1. Volume 2 builds on the descriptive
writing learned and developed through Volume 1 and will create in your
children the skills necessary for wonderful creative writing and superb
expository writing in eight separate fields. It is for students from sixth
to twelfth grades. The effectiveness of this program is demonstrated in
the fact that it is also used by various private and public schools around
the country. Volume 2 sells for $29.95. Order or
read more about the features of Write with the Best –
Volume 2.

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not
knowledge in pursuit of the child. - G. B. Shaw
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Cathy Duffy: "Homeschooling parents who really want to know how well
their children are doing would do well to use The Diagnostic
Prescriptive Assessment rather than the usual standardized test."
Read more from Cathy about our tests below under "More Great Links".